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CELLBYTES 2000

A co-operation between shinkansen London, Institute for
Studies in the Arts, Arizona State University and ResCen,
Middlesex University

To be held at the Intelligent Stage and Dance Studio Theater,
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

AIM

To create a series of fifteen to twenty 1 to 3 minute
performances for simultaneous live and web presentation.
These performances will occur between two spaces on the
same site. This staging method will enable group process
research into the structures and dramaturgical needs of
live interaction across remote stages. The methodology of
creation will be based in inter-authorship.

Cellbytes 2000 will present the detail of the
bodies own
technology newly emerging from the nature of digitalisation
and its effects on humankind. Visions of the future of the
body will be explored through emergent issues of the
biological/digital interface, referencing topical
information on genomics, cloning, robotics, mutations,
nano - technology etc.

The web framework will be explored to transmit intimate
spaces filled with sound, image and movement - 'jewels'
or 'cameos' which one chooses to open and view for an
experience of a few precious minutes. They will be
performed and transmitted as live research outcomes at
the end of the project (July 27th/28th 2000) and be
available on the web for further dissemination beyond the
project.